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KUER @kuer.org · 1h

Downtown Ogden restaurants are already feeling the ripple of the federal shutdown.

The shutdown is a mixed bag for Ogden IRS workers, but restaurants feel the pinch

Federal workers make up a good portion of customers at downtown restaurants. With furloughed workers spending less, business owners are worried.

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KUER @kuer.org · 2h

Utah just adopted a partisan bias test for future redistricting. How well could it work in a state with a slanted political makeup? Here’s what a study from the University of Chicago found.

Due to the ‘Utah Paradox,’ there’s a flaw in the GOP’s partisan bias map test

Researchers from the University of Chicago spent over a year trying to get the partisan bias test to work in a state with a skewed political makeup. Utah was a specific example of where not to use it.

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KUER @kuer.org · 2h

Advocate Mohan Sudabattula said the Navajo Nation’s reaction to the shutdown was an “eye roll,” because, for now, “It feels kind of like the ripple hasn't quite reached” the community yet.

The shutdown isn’t big for Utah’s tribes yet. If it drags on, that’s the problem

Native tribes across Utah are not feeling immediate impacts from the government shutdown, but state agencies and nonprofits are on standby.

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KUER @kuer.org · 3h

With a winter anticipated to be drier than average, the October 🌧️ is more than welcome right now – though it can only help so much.

Utah’s October burst of rain is welcome, but may not be enough after a dry year

The water year that ended Sept. 30 was one of the driest on record for parts of the state, including Salt Lake City and St. George.

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KUER @kuer.org · 3h

How does a Siberian-born wingsuit flyer end up in Utah? Easy. The epic scenery here is hard to beat.

Meet Alexey, Utah’s champion wingsuit flying quantum scientist

Alexey Galda's day job works in quantum computing. But he applies his scientific know-how as an edge in wingsuit flying competitions like the USPA National Skydiving Championships going on now in…

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KUER @kuer.org · 4h

Republicans pushed heavily for Map C ahead of Monday’s vote. It splits 3 cities (North Salt Lake, Millcreek and Pleasant Grove) and 3 counties (Davis, Salt Lake and Utah).

Utah lawmakers back Map C as their preferred congressional redistricting map

The Legislature has made its call on which map it wants to represent Utah’s congressional districts. It will now be sent to Judge Gibson as part of Utah’s court-ordered redistricting process.

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KUER @kuer.org · 5h

The late leader of the LDS Church was described as a loving father, grandfather and friend. “Daddy always chose to be happy,” said his daughter, Laurie Marsh, “and that made him so fun to be around.”

Nelson’s funeral mourns a Latter-day Saint whose ‘influence and example live on’

Russell M. Nelson was laid to rest in a private graveside service following a remembrance and celebration of his life at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' conference center in Salt…

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KUER @kuer.org · 5h

DJ Suleyma’s in the house, creating cultural spaces for a new generation of Latinos in southwest Utah. 🎙️ 🎧 💃 🎶

On the radio, DJ Suleyma wants to fill a cultural hole for Latinos in St. George

As a radio host and event organizer, Suleyma Plancarte wants the next generation to enjoy cultural spaces she longed for while growing up in southwest Utah.

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KUER @kuer.org · 5h

“I sometimes feel like everything I've worked for is just gonna disappear,” said Ogdenite Ron Yeates, owner of the No Frills Diner. If IRS workers aren’t working, they aren’t eating out. “It’s very concerning,”

The shutdown is a mixed bag for Ogden IRS workers, but restaurants feel the pinch

Federal workers make up a good portion of customers at downtown restaurants. With furloughed workers spending less, business owners are worried.

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KUER @kuer.org · 6h

This is for the dogs supportin’ their humanz: Woof. woof woof woof. WOOF. *pant* Good boy.

As homeless rates climb, the Street Dawg Crew helps Utahns by supporting their pets

“I figure I can't fix homelessness, but I can at least help some best friends go to bed with full bellies,” said Street Dawg Crew volunteer Micky Baker.

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KUER @kuer.org · 6h

Utah’s new redistricting standards are similar to tests used in other states. The problem, critics say, is that Utah isn’t like other states with its wide red lean.

With GOP-authored standards in place, Utah’s redistricting fight heads back to court

Were the standards passed in the special session needed clarity or “a wolf in sheep's clothing?” Plaintiffs in the redistricting case immediately responded in court.

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KUER @kuer.org · 20h

The IRS is a big part of the Ogden economy, says one restaurant owner. And biz has been slower than usual.

The shutdown is a mixed bag for Ogden IRS workers, but restaurants feel the pinch

Federal workers make up a good portion of customers at downtown restaurants. With furloughed workers spending less, business owners are worried.

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KUER @kuer.org · 22h

He ain’t your typical skydiver. After jumping from the plane, this wingsuit champion basically becomes a flying squirrel for a couple of minutes.

Meet Alexey, Utah’s champion wingsuit flying quantum scientist

Alexey Galda's day job works in quantum computing. But he applies his scientific know-how as an edge in wingsuit flying competitions like the USPA National Skydiving Championships going on now in…

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KUER @kuer.org · 1d

“This is not just a Utah thing. This is not just a Washington County thing,” said an attorney for Advocates for the West. “This should send shivers through the body of every person that has a landscape that they love.”

Trump admin takes another swing at reviving St. George’s Northern Corridor Highway

The proposed road through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area has been a long-fought tug-of-war between administrations, courts, Congress and the threatened Mojave Desert tortoise.

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KUER @kuer.org · 1d

Tribal governments seem to be weathering the shutdown so far, with essential functions (like law enforcement and social services) still running.

The shutdown isn’t big for Utah’s tribes yet. If it drags on, that’s the problem

Native tribes across Utah are not feeling immediate impacts from the government shutdown, but state agencies and nonprofits are on standby.

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KUER @kuer.org · 1d

The U.S. Supreme Court has 2 cases – from Idaho and West Virginia – on this term’s docket related to transgender girls being barred from school sports.

Challenge to Utah’s transgender sports ban ends as Supreme Court takes similar cases

The families of two transgender minors who sued over the 2022 law have agreed to dismiss the lawsuit. But at the same time, the U.S. Supreme Court is slated to hear similar cases from Idaho and West…

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KUER @kuer.org · 1d

“Nelson has literally changed the world one person and one interaction at a time,” said Camille N. Johnson, president of the church’s Relief Society.

Nelson’s funeral mourns a Latter-day Saint whose ‘influence and example live on’

Russell M. Nelson was laid to rest in a private graveside service following a remembrance and celebration of his life at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' conference center in Salt…

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KUER @kuer.org · 1d

This pet food pantry on wheels is parked in SLC’s Pioneer Park every other Sunday.

As homeless rates climb, the Street Dawg Crew helps Utahns by supporting their pets

“I figure I can't fix homelessness, but I can at least help some best friends go to bed with full bellies,” said Street Dawg Crew volunteer Micky Baker.

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KUER @kuer.org · 1d

The Bureau of Land Management is (again) considering 3 different routes for the Northern Corridor Highway.

Trump admin takes another swing at reviving St. George’s Northern Corridor Highway

The proposed road through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area has been a long-fought tug-of-war between administrations, courts, Congress and the threatened Mojave Desert tortoise.

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KUER @kuer.org · 1d

Growing up as the eldest sibling, Suleyma Plancarte often felt she had no one to turn to when things got hard. Today, she wants to “be that person that somebody needed.”

On the radio, DJ Suleyma wants to fill a cultural hole for Latinos in St. George

As a radio host and event organizer, Suleyma Plancarte wants the next generation to enjoy cultural spaces she longed for while growing up in southwest Utah.

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KUER @kuer.org · 1d

While Salt Lake’s early October ☔ starts things off on the right foot, it can only help so much after a ho-hum monsoon season.

Utah’s October burst of rain is welcome, but may not be enough after a dry year

The water year that ended Sept. 30 was one of the driest on record for parts of the state, including Salt Lake City and St. George.

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KUER @kuer.org · 1d

Our resume does not read "champion wingsuit flying quantum scientist." That's a mouthful.

Meet Alexey, Utah’s champion wingsuit flying quantum scientist

Alexey Galda's day job works in quantum computing. But he applies his scientific know-how as an edge in wingsuit flying competitions like the USPA National Skydiving Championships going on now in…

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KUER @kuer.org · 1d

Researchers at the University of Chicago put the partisan bias test through its paces. They found that Utah was a specific example of where *not* to use it.

Due to the ‘Utah Paradox,’ there’s a flaw in the GOP’s partisan bias map test

Researchers from the University of Chicago spent over a year trying to get the partisan bias test to work in a state with a skewed political makeup. Utah was a specific example of where not to use it.

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KUER @kuer.org · 1d

Social issues tend to be even bigger in rural areas, notes Project Embrace CEO Mohan Sudabattula. “You add a government shutdown on top of it, and it becomes not just a problem, but it starts to underwrite itself as a real tragedy.”

The shutdown isn’t big for Utah’s tribes yet. If it drags on, that’s the problem

Native tribes across Utah are not feeling immediate impacts from the government shutdown, but state agencies and nonprofits are on standby.

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KUER @kuer.org · 1d

Dallin H. Oaks, senior member of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles – and Nelson’s likely successor – led the service. He called Nelson “my best friend and most effective teacher.”

Nelson’s funeral mourns a Latter-day Saint whose ‘influence and example live on’

Russell M. Nelson was laid to rest in a private graveside service following a remembrance and celebration of his life at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' conference center in Salt…

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